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Show 2 7 4 REV. H. S. GORHAM ON [ J u n e 6 , D ozocolletus Chevr. Dozocolletus Schenk. I. c. p. 38. Pezoporus Klug, Clerii, p. 311. D ozocolletus b r u n n e u s Hintz, Dents, ent. Zeit. 1902, p. 397 ? Hab. Willowmore, Algoa Bay (Brauns). Bothaville, Orange B. Colony. I have not seen Hintz's description, but I have little doubt that the insect taken in some numbers by Dr. Brauns is to be referred to it. This species has a large head, the thorax as wide in front as the head, the head and thorax deep pitchy brown, the elytra, legs, and body light brown, the punctuation and striae are obsolete. D ozocolletus so r d id u s , sp. n. Saturate brunneus ; antennis palpisque rufo-brunneis, illis quam caput et thorax brevioribus, articulis quarto ad octavum quadratic, tribus ultimis transversis, apice compresso; cajnte p>rothoraceque creberrime conjluenter, elytris fortiter striato-punctatis, femoribus clavatis. Long. 5 millim. Hab. Algoa Bay (Brauns). Smaller than, the species which I have assumed to be D. brunneus Hintz, and especially to be distinguished from it by the shorter antennae, which have much shorter joints; the second and third joints are a little longer than wide; the fourth to the eighth are about as long as wide, while the last three joints form a compact club and are transverse. The eyes are more prominent than in I), brunneus, the femora are strongly clavate. The thorax is as wide as the head in front, much narrowed to its base, obconic ; the elytra, small in proportion, elongate-ovate. T h r io c er a Gorham. Thriocera Gorham, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1878, p. 156; Schenk. I.e. p. 117. T h r io c e r a pectoralis Klug, Clerii, p. 348. a . Elytris unicoloribus fascia mediana plicata. Hab. Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth (Brauns). p. Elytris basi rufis. Ilab. Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth (Brauns). T h r io c er a b ic in c t e l l a , sp. n. Nigra, nitida, tenuiter pubescens; antennis, palpis pedibusque rufo-brunneis, illis basi dilutioribus; prothorace brevi, antice tenuiter constricto, postice coarctato, lateribus rotundatis, disco incequali impresso ; elytris sublcevibus, fasciis duabus elevatis, eburat is, ad suturam interrupt is, anter iore (juxta callum) intus abbreviatis. Long. 5 millim. Hab. Algoa Bay (Brauns). |